Hello Raffi! Thank you for the wonderful report. I've been off opening space and not on the list for a while! I acknowledge you for fearlessly opening space and recognize your growth as the facilitator. If I truly believe in the brilliance of people and offer them self-organization, they see and appreciate what happens in the space. How much can you let go and believe that in providing a truly spacious process -- in holding the space -- the group can truly become the content experts?
Raffi -- from what you wrote it sounds like some of the sadness of the group was transferred on to you and the process. And that makes sense, it is easier and safer to do that than to accept responsibility ourselves. As to your questions... I don't "train" the sponsors or the participants. In meeting with the sponsor prior to the OST I run through what will happen and some of what might "come up" for them. I find the group will do the report writing however it needs to be done. Some groups choose not to make a report -- whatever happens is the only thing that could! Perhaps they weren't ready for action. If I introduce the law of mobility (or two feet) and then insist that everyone stays .... am I closing space? Perhaps it is a "given" that people need to participate as decided by the sponsor!? I do always work with the sponsor to strengthen the invitation and be prepared for whatever happens. I recently opened space for a 75 member department -- managers, staff, maintenance and vice president. I was truly humbled at the simple approach -- unlayered intelligence -- with which they approached what was coming up. Most of what was generated was what we can take personal responsibility for. Happy Spring All!! Judi __________________________________________________________ Judith Richardson, MA Coaching & Consulting Optimizing Performance, Potential and Profitability www.ponoconsultants.com www.emergentfeminine.com Subscribe to our newsletter at www.emergentfeminine.com Check out www.emergentfeminine.com for special programs and new products! Get Ready to Reap the Rewards! Nova Scotia, Canada Phone: (902) 434-6695 Facsimile: (902) 435-1085 E-mail: [email protected] * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
